Plans have been drawn up to build hundreds of homes near the Cow and Plough pub in Oadby.

The Co-op, a major landowner in the area, is proposing a development of around 310 houses on fields off Stoughton Road, just to the south of the popular venue.

While 20 homes are proposed for land next to the Cow and Plough, the company has said the pub would be left as it is.

The majority of the houses would be built on farmland on the other side of Gartree Road to the pub.

The Co-op has yet to formally submit a planning application to Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, but will be holding a public exhibition of its plans for residents later this month.

Invitations to the exhibition have been sent to more than 400 households close to the site. The land is allocated for new housing in Oadby and Wigston Borough Council’s draft Local Plan, which sets out how the authority plans to accommodate its requirement for new housing up to 2031.

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If an application for outline planning permission is approved, a detailed application from an as yet unidentified housebuilder will then address design and layout of the development.

However, the development would have traffic access from Stoughton Road and Gartree Road.